Defenition of the word jackknife

• Defenition of the word jackknife

  • a large knife with one or more folding blades
  • a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
  • dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife

Synonyms for the word jackknife

• • clasp knife

Hypernyms for the word jackknife

• • dive
  • diving
  • pocket knife
  • pocketknife

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